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  1. Field tests of repellent M-1960 against leeches
    AUDY JR, HARRISON JL
    Med J Malaya, 1954 Mar;8(3):240-50.
    PMID: 13164694
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing*
  2. Fulltext The relationship between emotional dimensions of sustainable development among the employees of readymade garments (RMG)
    Abdul Rashid, Abdullah, Ariful, Islam
    The Pertanika Journal of Scholarly Research Reviews, 2019;5(1):20-26.
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    Readymade garments (RMG) industry of Bangladesh are lesser revealed to sustainable outlines that originating avoidance related with standard health and safety provisions, labor rights, women safety, child labor, pollution, waste disposal and ground water depletion. Recently there are also several safety hazards by way of fire incidents and building collapses which caused death and injury of thousand or garment workers at Bangladesh. Actually a suitable sustainable development scheme for this industry includes the insights of proper employee involvement based upon what is known (knowledge) and done (behavior). So the study aims to investigate the relationship between knowledge and behavior which reflects the complication between what is in fact known and what is done in case of sustainable issues. The study has used both questionnaire survey and interview procedures on 10 BGMEA registered factories of Chittagong to recognize the connection between knowledge and behavior. The target populace of the study has been limited only to the white collar employees. However, the study identified that employee knowledge and behavior of sustainable development contains a moderate, positive relationship (r=.315, n=150, p
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
  3. Fulltext Fluorescence characteristics of 3-nitro-2-phenoxypyridine and 3-nitro-2(4-methyl)phenoxypyridine
    Abdullah, Z., Halim, Z.I.A., Bakar, M.A.A., Idris, A.M.
    ASM Science Journal, 2009;3(1):39-44.
    MyJurnal
    3-Nitro-2-phenoxypyridine and 3-nitro-2-(4-methyl)phenoxypyridine were obtained when 2-chloro-3-nitropyridine was treated with phenol and p-cresol, respectively. Fluorescence studies were carried out in various solvents, in capped and uncapped conditions and for differing concentrations. Both 3-nitro-2-phenoxypyridine and 3-nitro-2-(4-methyl)phenoxypyridine were fluorescent compounds but 3-Nitro-2-(4-methyl)phenoxypyridine was more fluorescent than 3-nitro-2-phenoxypyridine in all the solvents used. The fluorescence intensity decreased with concentration and time.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
  4. Fulltext Doctor's attire and patient safety
    Abu Bakar S
    Med J Malaysia, 2009 Sep;64(3):185-6.
    PMID: 20527264 MyJurnal
    Koh and others have reported (in this issue of the MJM) the high prevalence of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on doctors’ neckties. As they have pointed out, this is nothing new, and like other studies with similar findings. They also point out that patient’s confidence and satisfaction are not affected by doctor’s not wearing neckties. They also referred to the British Department of Health decision to ban the use of neckties, long sleeve shirts and jewellery, and the Scottish government’s intention to ban the wearing of white coats, including neckties, to stop the spread of infections. They support the call by The Malaysian Medical Association to avoid the use of neckties.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing*
  5. Fulltext Physical properties of single jersey bamboo cotton fabric produced on home knitting machine
    Ainil Huda Abu Talib, Siti Nuranis Syazana Misron, Nurul ‘izzah Mohd Fu’ad, Nurul Ariesha Zamri, Eryna Nasir
    Borneo Akademika, 2020;4(1):13-24.
    MyJurnal
    The Silver Reed Model LK150 knitting machine is a home knitting machine which is
    extremely lightweight and compact, making it preferable by most home knitters.
    There are various knitwears with interesting patterns can be made using this model. In
    the field of garments manufacturing by using flatbed knitting machines, it is
    important to understand the physical properties of fabric so that their impact on
    dimensional changes can be predicted to produce the most suitable end use. The
    samples were produced by using a blended bamboo/cotton yarn, with a composition
    of 30% cotton and 70% bamboo. The main objectives of this study are to to evaluate
    the physical properties of single jersey fabric knitted on home knitting machine by
    using different stitch dials and to relate the physical properties with different stitch
    lengths. Then, all tests were conducted to compare the physical properties of samples
    between three different stitch dials and the effects of before and after washing. The
    physical properties measured in this research were stitch length, stitch density, weight,
    thickness, absorbency and shrinkage. The result indicated that the longer the stitch
    length, the higher the percentage of the water impact penetration. Meanwhile, there
    was a slight reduction on the density, thickness and fabric weight. In addition, the
    result after three times washing showed that the samples only had slight changes in
    density, thickness, weight and stitch length, but has significant changes on the water
    impact penetration.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
  6. National paediatric core curriculum to national undergraduate medical curriculum
    Alam Sher Malik, Rukhsana Hussain Malik
    Malaysian Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2005;14(1):5-13.
    MyJurnal
    The medical education should be tailored to deal with the diseases the physician is most likely to see.' With expectations that all the graduates from Malaysian Medical Schools should be able to serve anywhere in the country, the need for a national curriculum is self-evident. It may be argued that the public must have confidence in the competence of the practitioners they depend upon irrespective of the school from which they had graduated. In smaller countries in which health needs are uniform the graduates of any school should have been trained to meet those needs. In larger countries and those with geographic diversities and distances (e.g. Malaysia), the curriculum should cover the commonly encountered diverse ailments. If not dealt with care, we may end up with huge load of ever expanding, unmanageable curriculum.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
  7. New Zealand Malayan war veterans' exposure to dibutylphthalate is associated with an increased incidence of cryptorchidism, hypospadias and breast cancer in their children
    Carran M, Shaw IC
    N Z Med J, 2012;125(1358):52-63.
    PMID: 22864157
    It is well known that the endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC) dibutylphthalate (DBP) inhibits testosterone synthesis and can lead to feminisation in male laboratory animals. Moreover, it has long been speculated that human exposure would result in the similar effects, but this is difficult to study because specific human exposure cohorts are rare. We report increases in the incidences of hypospadias (p<0.05), cryptorchidism (p<0.05) and breast cancer (p<0.05) in the children of New Zealand soldiers who served in Malaya (1948-1960) and were exposed to DBP applied daily to their clothing as an acaricide to prevent tick-transmitted bush typhus. In addition, we modelled absorption of DBP from the soldiers' clothing and using published data for skin absorption, and calculated a large theoretical absorbed dose of 64 mg/kg body weight/day which is similar to DBP's lowest observed adverse effect level (LOAEL) of 50 mg/kg body weight/day and thus indicates a biological effect is possible. This is the first report of a multigenerational developmental effect following DBP exposure in human males.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
  8. Gendering of avatars for online self-representation
    Cheong, Lee Mei, Fariza Hann Abdul Razak
    CREAM : Current Research in Malaysia (Penyelidikan Terkini di Malaysia), 2013;2(2):89-100.
    MyJurnal
    This exploratory study is part of an on-going project about digital cultures on ageism, anonymity, and gendering. An avatar is the graphical representation of the online user. The study investigates the avatars drawn by a group of 76 young adults studying in a local university. A face-to-face interview was conducted to ascertain the features drawn. Results show that the avatars are more characterized by the sexual features related to the body, face, clothes, and a major number of context elements. The females tend to represent themselves in greater detail than the males. The former created gendered identities for themselves according to their offline gender identity and social contexts. The study illustrates that the hand drawing is an effective tool that analyses the online representation in an unobtrusive way. The expressions of gendering show that gender is consciously constructed. Gendering of avatars does permeate the virtual world. This study is a valuable addition to the growing body of work on social interaction in cyberspace.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
  9. Fulltext Controversies on the Use of Ultraviolet Rays for Disinfection During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Chew CC, Rajan P
    Malays J Med Sci, 2021 Feb;28(1):117-119.
    PMID: 33679228 DOI: 10.21315/mjms2021.28.1.15
    During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the use of ultraviolet (UV) rays to disinfect skin areas, clothes and other objects at the entry/exit points of public spaces has been widely discussed by stakeholders. While ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) has been shown to effectively inactivate coronaviruses, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-1 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), no specific evidence proves that it effectively inactivates the new SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Because UV rays damage human tissue, UVGI should be used with caution and not directly on human skin. Various guidelines recommend that UVGI should not be used as a sole agent for disinfecting surfaces or objects but as an adjunct to the latest standard disinfecting procedures.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
  10. Effect of nano- and micro- reinforced agents on dry sliding wear of polyester composites
    Chong MM, Chang SY, Noraiham Muhammad, Zulkifli Mord Rosli, Qumrul Ahsan
    Sains Malaysiana, 2014;43:959-966.
    Dry sliding wear of polyester hybrid composites containing carboxylic functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (cNT) and microparticles, silica (Si02) was studied at different sliding distances. An attempt has been made to produce uniform dispersion of nano- and micro- particles in the test samples by ultrasonication. The tribological properties of the hybrid composites were performed by using pin-on-disc (POD) tester against grey cast iron countersurface. The dry sliding wear tests were carried out under pressure-velocity (pv) condition of 0.4 MPa and 4 m/s for total sliding distance of 28800 m and at an interval of every sliding distance of 3600 m, wear properties and behavior were studied. The samples containing 10 wt.% silica (microparticles) with and without CNT always show increase in coefficient of friction at the expense of wear rate. However, samples containing only ci'rr have the lowest wear rate with the increase in coefficient of friction. Sliding distance studies also provide the information on wear rates which were ever changing at different sliding distances whereas average coefficient of friction did not vary throughout the tests. SEM observations of wear surfaces showed different wear morphologies when reinforcement (cNT or Si02) incorporated into the composites either alone or in combination.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
  11. Anti-oviposition activities of used sock media against a dengue vector: prospects of eco-friendly control and solutions to pollution
    Dieng H, Satho T, Abang F, Miake F, Ghani IA, Latip NA, et al.
    Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2017 Sep;24(26):21375-21385.
    PMID: 28744676 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9624-y
    Yearly, huge amounts of sock refuse are discarded into the environment. Socks contain many molecules, and worn ones, which are rich in smell-causing bacteria, have a strong influence on animals' behaviors. But the impacts of sock odor on the oviposition behavior of dengue vectors are unknown. We assessed whether Aedes albopictus changes its oviposition activity in response to the presence of used socks extract (USEx) in potential breeding grounds, using choice and no-choice bioassays (NCB). When furnished even chances to oviposit in two sites holding USEx and two others containing water (control), Ae. albopictus deposited significantly less eggs in USEx than in water sites. A similar pattern of oviposition preference was also observed when there were more oviposition options in water. When there were greater oviposition opportunities in USEx sites, Ae. albopictus oviposited preferentially in water. Females laid significantly more eggs during the NCB involving water than USEx. Also, significantly more mature eggs were retained by females in the NCB with USEx than in that with water. These observations strongly suggest the presence of molecules with either repellent or deterrent activities against Ae. albopictus females and provide an impetus to advocate the integration of used socks in dengue control programs. Such applications could be a realistic end-of-life recourse to reroute this waste from landfills.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
  12. Fulltext Microclimate inside a tropical greenhouse equipped with evaporative cooling pads
    Diyana Jamaludin, Desa Ahmad, Rezuwan Kamaruddin, Hawa Z. E. Jaafar
    Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 2014;22(1):255-271.
    MyJurnal
    Tropical greenhouses require active evaporative cooling system such as pad-and-fan to ensure a suitable microclimate for crop production. Excess heat causes indoor temperature to become hotter than desired resulting in detrimental effects to crop growth and production. Solar radiation intensity and outside temperature affect temperature and relative humidity level inside a greenhouse, while wide gradients in temperature and relative humidity can cause problems related to crop growth and production uniformity. A 300 m2 greenhouse, equipped with evaporative pad and four exhaust fans at each end walls, was used in the study. Horizontal and vertical profiles of the temperature and relative humidity inside the greenhouse were investigated. Results showed that temperature increased from evaporative pad area to exhaust fans area in a horizontal plane, while relative humidity showed an inverse pattern from temperature. In the vertical plane, temperature increased, while relative humidity decreased from lower level to the upper level. ANOVA results showed that in overall, temperature and relative humidity inside the greenhouse were uniform as there was no significant difference at 95% confidence interval. Thus, it was concluded that greenhouse cooling system by evaporative pad and exhaust fans are suitable for application in a tropical country such as Malaysia.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
  13. Heat transfer at a stretching/shrinking surface beneath an external uniform shear flow with a convective boundary condition
    Fazlian Aman, Anuar Ishak, Pop J
    Sains Malaysiana, 2011;40:1369-1374.
    The heat transfer behaviour of a viscous fluid over a stretching/shrinking sheet driven by a uniform shear in the far field with a convective surface boundary condition is studied. The boundary layer equations governing the flow are reduced to ordinary differential equations using a similarity transformation. Using a numerical technique, these equations are then solved to obtain the temperature distributions and the heat transfer rate at the surface for various values of Prandtl number, stretching/shrinking parameter and convective parameter. Dual solutions are found to exist for the shrinking case, whereas for the stretching case, the solution is unique.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
  14. Fulltext Major epidemiological factors associated with leptospirosis in Malaysia
    Garba B, Bahaman AR, Bejo SK, Zakaria Z, Mutalib AR, Bande F
    Acta Trop, 2018 Feb;178:242-247.
    PMID: 29217379 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.12.010
    INTRODUCTION: Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by a diverse pathogenic leptospira species and serovars. The disease is transmitted directly following contact with infected urine and other body fluids or indirectly after contact with water or soil contaminated with infected urine.

    OBJECTIVES: While a wide range of domestic and wild animals are known to be reservoirs of the disease, occupation, international travel and recreation are beginning to assume a center stage in the transmission of the disease. The objective of this study is to review available literatures to determine the extent to which these aforementioned risk factors aid the transmission, increase incidence and outbreak of leptospirosis in Malaysia.

    STUDY DESIGN: The review was conducted based on prevalence, incidence, and outbreak cases of leptospirosis among human and susceptible animals predisposed to several of the risk factors identified in Malaysia.

    METHODS: Literature searchers and reviews were conducted based on articles published in citation index journals, Malaysian ministry of health reports, periodicals as well as reliable newspapers articles and online media platforms. In each case, the newspapers and online media reports were supported by press briefings by officials of the ministry of health and other agencies responsible.

    RESULTS: The disease is endemic in Malaysia, and this was attributed to the large number of reservoir animals, suitable humid and moist environment for proliferation as well as abundant forest resources. Over 30 different serovars have been detected in Malaysia in different domestic and wild animal species. This, in addition to the frequency of flooding which has increased in recent years, and has helped increase the risk of human exposure. Occupation, recreation, flooding and rodent population were all identified as an important source and cause of the disease within the study population.

    CONCLUSION: There is an urgent need for the government and other stakeholders to intensify efforts to control the spread of the disease, especially as it greatly affect human health and the tourism industry which is an important component of the Malaysian economy. The risk of infection can be minimized by creating awareness on the source and mode of transmission of the disease, including the use of protective clothing and avoiding swimming in contaminated waters. Moreover, improved diagnostics can also help reduce the suffering and mortalities that follow infection after exposure to infection source.

    Matched MeSH terms: Protective Clothing
  15. Wireless gyroscope suit for gait stability estimation
    Gouwanda D, Senanayake NA
    Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2011;2011:7824-8.
    PMID: 22256153 DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091928
    Gait stability is primary in assessing individuals with high risk of falling, particularly the elderly. Custom made self-adjustable wireless gyroscope suit is used as a sensing device to quantify gait stability. A nonlinear time series analysis i.e. maximum Lyapunov exponent (λ*) was employed to estimate the short term and long term stability and it is closely related to the ability of human neuro-muscular control system in maintaining gait stability. Experimental analysis and tests validated the efficacy of this novel approach. The results achieved are comparable with the findings of multiple kinematic and dynamic parameters derived from optical motion capture system and force platform which are widely used as gold standard.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing*
  16. Cutaneous larva migrans: a neglected disease and possible association with the use of long socks
    Hamat RA, Rahman AA, Osman M, Unyah NZ, Abdullah WO, Isa NH
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 2010 Feb;104(2):170-2.
    PMID: 19732927 DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.07.019
    Cutaneous larva migrans is a common parasitic skin disease that can be easily prevented by wearing 'protective' footwear. However, this has been under-emphasized in terms of what constitutes the protective footwear. Even though the disease resolves spontaneously, the significant duration of the disease along with severity of pruritus make treatment unavoidable. Here, we present a very long-standing creeping eruption, which puzzled many attending clinicians handling the case, and the possibility of long socks as a causal effect on the development of cutaneous larva migrans infection.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing/adverse effects
  17. Fulltext The craniotomy box: an innovative method of containing hazardous aerosols generated during skull saw use in autopsy on a COVID-19 body
    Hasmi AH, Khoo LS, Koo ZP, Suriani MUA, Hamdan AN, Yaro SWM, et al.
    Forensic Sci Med Pathol, 2020 09;16(3):477-480.
    PMID: 32500339 DOI: 10.1007/s12024-020-00270-z
    During a disease pandemic, there is still a requirement to perform postmortem examinations within the context of legal considerations. The management of the dead from COVID-19 should not impede the medicolegal investigation of the death where required by the authorities and legislation but additional health and safety precautions should be adopted for the necessary postmortem procedures. The authors have therefore used the craniotomy box in an innovative way to enable a safe alternative for skull and brain removal procedures on suspected or confirmed COVID-19 bodies. The craniotomy box technique was tested on a confirmed COVID-19 positive body where a full postmortem examination was performed by a team of highly trained personnel in a negative pressure Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) autopsy suite in the National Institute of Forensic Medicine (IPFN) Malaysia. This craniotomy box is a custom-made transparent plastic box with five walls but without a floor. Two circular holes were made in one wall for the placement of arms in order to perform the skull opening procedure. A swab to detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was taken from the interior surface of the craniotomy box after the procedure. The result from the test using real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) proved that an additional barrier provided respiratory protection by containing the aerosols generated from the skull opening procedure. This innovation ensures procedures performed inside this craniotomy box are safe for postmortem personnel performing high risk autopsies during pandemics.
    Matched MeSH terms: Protective Clothing
  18. Personal antimosquito measures plus proguanil for malaria prophylaxis in southern Malaysia
    Henderson A, Rixom JA
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 1986;80(6):981-2.
    PMID: 3603647
    During the early months of 1985 and 1986, 408 non-immune British soldiers undertook training in the jungles north of Kota Tinggi, in southern Malaysia. In this geographical location, where malaria transmission is now light, a combination of strict personal antimosquito measures plus proguanil 200 mg daily produced effective, safe protection, with only a single case of vivax malaria occurring. Given the limited malaria risk, however, the results of this study should be extrapolated only with caution to other areas of Malaysia.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
  19. Fulltext Performance of high strength concrete specimens with square section using steel strapping tensioning technique
    Hoong-Pin Lee, Abdullah Zawawi Awang, Wahid Omar
    Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 2017;25(105):235-244.
    MyJurnal
    High strength concrete (HSC) has lower ductility, but higher in strength compared to normal strength concretes. The strength and ductility of HSC can be improved by applying external confinement, such as steel strapping tensioning technique (SSTT). However, SSTT was literately reported effective in confining circular specimens, but the effectiveness of SSTT on square cross section specimens are yet well investigated. This study focuses on HSC square cross section specimens with different corner ratio, which were right angle and rounded corner. In addition, the effect of different number of layer of steel straps confining around the specimens under optimum lateral pre-tensioning stress also been investigated. The number of layers was fixed to two layers and four layers. Fifteen HSC specimens with dimension of 88 mm x 88 mm x 200 mm, which consist of three unconfined specimens, six right angle specimens, and six rounded corner specimens were prepared and tested monotonically to failure. The experimental results show that the strength and ductility of HSC improved significantly by using rounded corner confined specimens and higher number of layer of confinements. This is due to more uniform confining pressure was exerted on entire surface of rounded corner confined specimens. The strength and ductility of the specimens can be improved up to 53.7% and 207.5% respectively.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
  20. Fulltext Vegetative swale for treatment of stormwater runoff from construction site
    Ismail, A. F., Sapari, N., Abdul Wahab, M. M.
    Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 2014;22(1):55-64.
    MyJurnal
    Land development, especially construction works, increase storm water volumes and pollution loads into rivers and lakes. The temporary drainage system at construction sites, particularly during the construction stage discharges a large amount of pollutants that can damage the aquatic system of the receiving water bodies. The potential of vegetative swale to alleviate this problem was evaluated. The size of the constructed vegetative swale was 7cm deep, 400cm long and 15cm wide at the bottom, and 17cm wide at the top. The experiment was conducted batch wise by filling the storage tank with the run-off water from the construction site. The water was allowed to flow through a pipe into the retention basin to maintain uniform flow before it entered the swale. The study showed that the run-off infiltrated through the soil at a rate of 489.6 mm/hr. Samples of surface run-off and infiltration water were collected at the end and the bottom of the swale. The results indicate that chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solid (TSS), turbidity, iron and zinc were reduced by 85.4%, 80.8%, 36.4%, 52.8% and 96.0%, respectively, by surface flow and 91.1%, 98.8%, 58.2% 55.5% and 98.1%, respectively, by infiltration. Removal of nitrate and phosphorus by the planted vegetation was 69.4% and 21.1%, respectively, by infiltration. However, nutrient removal by surface flow was negligible. In conclusion, the vegetative swale was able to improve the water quality of the storm water run-off from the construction site from Class V to Class III, according to the Interim National Water Quality Standards for Malaysia.
    Matched MeSH terms: Clothing
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